After searching for "Aboriginal and Encyclopedia" on Google, Steve Hodder-Watt, a descendant of the country's native population, discovered a page on oft-controversial satire site Encyclopædia Dramatica.

Hodder-Watt took legal action, and Google complied with a cease-and-desist letter that argued the page in question ran afoul of Australia's Anti-Discrimination Act.

Google now notes on its Australia site when the result would normally appear turn that an item has been removed from the search listing (not entirely removed from the Web), just as it does in China when results run afoul of that government's list of banned content.

It does go to show that Google's stated intent to no longer censor search results in China may be less a matter of concern over freedom of speech and expression in China, and more of a spiteful reaction to alleged industrial espionage possibly condoned or commissioned by the Chinese government.